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6.5.15 | Meredith Clark
Joey Salads makes YouTube videos that seem like PSAs from your worst nightmare. Last month, he posted a “stranger danger” video in which he charmed a child into leaving a playground with him. He's back with another piece of service vlogging, and this time, it's to show everyone how easy it is to roofie someone's drink.
In the video, Salads says he wants to “figure out how easy it is to drug a girl.” He heads out into the real world, and lo, manages to slip something into several different women's drinks. (Not actual drugs, but still.) Each time, he’s there to offer condescending advice — “Always hold onto your drink, put a lid on your drink, or never let it out of your sight.” — to the woman he just joke-drugged.
His intentions are likely good. He claims to care about women, and believes he's offering practical advice that could keep them safer. But, the message his video sends is terrible. Telling women to remain constantly vigilant and suspicious takes responsibility for preventing rape away from the people who might commit the crime — and puts it on regular women who are just trying to have a drink.
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